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Triton College
Cernan Earth and Space Center


USA , ILLINOIS , RIVER GROVE
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Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College


Type: School
Opened in 1984

Address: 2000 Fifth Avenue - River Grove, IL 60171
Country: USA
Email: cernan@triton.edu
Phone: +1 708-456 0300

Website: https://www.triton.edu/cernan
     
     

Team
Kris McCall (director), Wayne C. Foster, Neil Wickman







93 seats









Tilt 25°

Dome of  13.4m




Technical
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 6
Software: Digistar 6
Meridian resolution 2.4 K
Sound 5.1 Bowen Technovation: JBL
Dome: Northern Illinois Engineering of Schaumburg, vinyl-clad aluminum 23 percent void for acoustic perf. 36 percent reflective
Seat: BG250 Seating Concepts

Facilities
Gift Shop Star store
Lasershow AVI: Orion Laser

Operation
Staff: 5 people

History

- January 23, 1984: Spitz 512A ($1.1 million) 35mm
- 2010: 3 vp system
- 2015: Konica-Minolta Super Mediaglobe II (carpet, seats and 35mm dismantled)
- Summer 2019: new computer + Digistar 6

Last major evolution: 2019: Digistar 6

Comments


Latitude: 41°55'03" N  -  Longitude: 87°50'31" W  -  Altitude: 192m

Previous installation

last update: 07/25/2022

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